president obama shaking hands with the leader of cuba at that memorial for nelson mandela. over in south africa earlier today. is it a sign of any kind of potential relations between the two? the fact he took time to do that. joining us is "forbes" editor. we were already on the air. twitter started lighting it up, people cannot wait to get to their phones that they shook hands. my initial reaction and i think it is still my reaction, it is not that big of a deal. what with the president's other options? just greeting everybody that was up there. what could it mean? speak of the presidents are very scripted, the idea he would shake hands with raul castro without its meaning something bigger might be somewhat of a reach. overall this is a great, great thing. cuba for the longest time has been the third and fourth grade power going back to the 1950s and '60s. the fact we have made cuba an enemy needlessly elevated a country and a person who did not deserve that kind of elevation. i think this is a positive step to bring them back into the fold. connell: i thought it was a rea